American businessman, a former owner of Hampton Roads Admirals (Virginia) franchise in
North America's East Coast Hockey League.
Vice-president and assistant general manager of Major League Baseball club, Chicago Cubs.

Born in County Durham. A top British referee who was tragically killed when a drunk
driver caused a head-on collision by driving the wrong way on a dual carriageway.
The Mick Curry Memorial Trophy is awarded in his
memory. He
played several seasons with Durham Wasps before an eye
injury forced his premature retirement in 1982. He officiated in 234 Premier
Division games (166 as referee) in the British
National League. In addition to refereeing at the top level
in Britain, he also refereed World
Championship Pool B, European Cup and World
Championship (Junior) Pool A games. Club Career : Played for Durham Wasps. Honours : Elected to the British Hall of Fame in 1994.

Brothers Pete and Jerry Cusimano started the octopus toss at the old Olympia Stadium in Detroit. They thought that eight legs might be a
good omen for eight straight wins for the Detroit Red Wings and on 15th
April, during the first round of the 1952 play-offs (Detroit Red Wings v
Toronto Maple Leafs) Pete Cusimano threw a boiled Octopus on to the ice. Although the referees weren't
too excited about it, the home crowd went wild. Detroit went on and won four
straight games against Toronto that year and then swept Montreal in the Stanley Cup final. Detroit then won two more cups in the next three years.
During each Detroit play-off series until 1967, Pete Cusimano brought an Octopus to the rink and tossed it on the ice.

A 1992 film. A romantic comedy where an ice hockey player, forced to retire because of an eye injury, is teamed up with a rich, spoiled ice skater by an old Russian coach who has his sights on an Olympic figure skating title. Stars - D B Sweeney, Moira Kelly, Roy Dotrice, Terry O'Quinn.